Patti Domm

The S&P 500 is flirting with a key resistance area that, if broken, could mean some more downside for stocks, say analysts who watch charts.

Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine a year ago has shifted global energy supply chains and put the U.S. clearly at the top of the world’s energy-exporting nations.

The seesaw-like tension between interest rates and stocks should remain in play, as investors focus on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and the February jobs report.

The S&P 500 dodged a negative chart signal and found support around a key level, but it is interest rates that will drive the index in the near term.

The shape of the Treasury yield curve is flashing the biggest recession warning in nearly 42 years, but some strategists say a recession may not be coming soon.

Economists expect hiring stayed strong in February and that wages grew even faster than they did in January.

February’s consumer inflation report should be a big driver for markets in the week ahead, as investors watch for continued Silicon Valley Bank fallout.

Consumer inflation may have cooled off a little in February, but economists expect it is still running at a high pace.

Strategists warn that tech and big internet names could begin to suffer again as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates or even holds them at high levels.

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates Wednesday by a quarter point, but it also must reassure markets it can stem a worse banking crisis.